THH118—When What You Were Taught While You Were Eager to Learn… is NOT the TRUTH!
In this thought-provoking short episode, Dr. Fred reflects on his recent conversation with Dr. Hal Blatman and how they both realized a shared truth - that much of what they were eagerly taught in medical school does not align with the actual reality of pain and mental illness.
He outlines how Dr. Blatman's perspective challenges conventional wisdom about the sources of physical pain, distilled into several eye-opening "rules" like:
• Pain does not necessarily originate from where it hurts
• The specific sensation (stabbing, throbbing, etc.) is not important
• The only thing you can truly believe is what you physically feel and where you are tender
Similarly, Dr. Fred explains how psychiatric symptoms do not necessarily reflect the root emotional causes, which are often disconnection and trauma. The key parallels he draws are:
• Looking in the wrong places to treat the pain
• Being mindful of unhelpful inputs that exacerbate the issues
• Getting to the authentic truth as the path to healing
The core message is about transforming outdated narratives around the sources of physical and emotional pain. For Dr. Blatman, it means looking to bodily restrictions and dietary triggers rather than simplistic mechanical models. For Dr. Fred, it means moving past surface-level psychiatric labels to understand and resolve emotional disconnects. Ultimately, their shared vision is an approach that compassionately and thoroughly addresses the true root causes, without judgement - then protects against re-injury through mindful self-care. It's a call to re-examine conventional assumptions in favor of new truthful paths toward profound healing.
